• Hylactor@sopuli.xyz
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    If you consider real estate prices they already do charge for clean air. And any time the climate disasters get a little too difficult to ignore they can always hop on a flight to Cancún.

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    To a degree, even utilities are subscriptions.

    Solar panels (and storage, for nighttime): owning your energy.
    Well + filtration: owning your water.

    Is there yet an equivalent for the internet? It’s possible to own a node on a mesh net, but there should be some way to own your access to the web.

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      In an effort to answer my own question, I found this: https://startyourownisp.com/

      What if a bunch of people went in on this together, essentially a co-op but for internet access? The more people who join, the cheaper it is to run.

      IDK, maybe worth looking into. Nationalizing Spectrum and AT&T might be easier.

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    Just wait till we get to space, then they can charge for air.

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    Air purifiers are becoming more and more necessary because of the wildfires, so it’s already started.

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    That’d be an air filter, they charge for those.

    Homer Simpson: To Alcohol! Capitalism! The Cause Of, And ‘Solution’ To, All Of Life’s Problems.